What would you change about the menu bar?

This time around the "What would you
change" topic I thought I'd forgo an actual app and post on a part of OS X; the menu bar, in fact. While I really
dig the menu bar and how it works, it leaves much to be desired in the customizability department. For example: I don't
know of a way to increase its width or the font size, and it would be great if there was some kind of a power-user
option to make it easier to hide the menu bar altogether, instead of only some apps (like Photoshop) being able to do
it. Or how about the image I have here: a comparison to XP's system tray, which includes a crude icon management system
of hiding 'inactive' system tray icons. Fellow TUAW blogger Scott is quick to point out, however, that this hiding of
inactive icons on XP is a great way of allowing all sorts of unwanted software to install itself and run right under
your nose. Nevertheless, if you have a lot of icons up in the menu bar, it would be great to have some way of managing
all the clutter besides simply dragging them around manually with the command key.

So what say you, TUAW
readers? Since we can't even get
Macworld press passes I'd say it's a safe bet that Apple won't be taking notes, but a good UI conversation might be
a nice way to pass the slow-news holidays.